After a GST increase to finance big income tax cuts disappeared as a viable option for the May budget, attention centred on reducing the 30% company tax rate. But, assuming the government goes ahead with…

Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos outlines the case for a cut in the company tax rate.
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March 20, 2016

There's nothing as certain as death, taxes and a Republican with a plan to cut them. But how do the candidates' proposals stack up?

Labor’s Chris Bowen and Bill Shorten announced plans for new tax rules, and the government, even as it attacked their plan, has also opened the door to changes to negative gearing.
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February 16, 2016

As the haze lifts (in the short term at least) on Canberra’s leadership ructions, we can see the extent of the car wreck that is Australia’s economic reform agenda. “Political uncertainty hits business…